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Oral history transcript, Margaret (Mrs. Jack) Carter, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the New Deal politics was a good way to do that. My husband became discouraged when Allan Shivers took the Democratic machinery into a Republican presidential campaign, but I haven't become discouraged yet. (Laughter) M: Did you campaign for Roosevelt
Background in politics and participating in the New Deal; Democratic party state machinery in Texas; 1956 Democrat Party convention; role of Texas Democrats in national conventions and elections

Folder, "C.F. - Oversized Attachments, Packet 4," WHCF Confidential Files, Box 193 (Item)

and their various subsidiary and front organizations which are operating in the Free World •• •All of these situations call for an even more vigorous effort on our part to supplement present activ ities and to develop further programs of action, overt and covert

Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. So I wanted to go very slow on that one. Likewise, I was also mindful that with an election coming up also in 1966--Congressional elections--that it was entirely possible that the Democrats would lose some seats and therefore I would be locked off

Oral history transcript, John Harllee, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

anything necessary to do. Our actions, as I've already remarked, are such that we have not incurred oppowition from any Republican leaders, nor from any Democratic leaders, since the one congressman who was defeated in 1964. The Republican commissioners

Folder, "41, Japan," National Intelligence Estimates, NSF, Box 6 (Item)

on major foreign policy issues. The government has pursued a pragmatic foreign policy, con sciously executed to further Japanese commercial interests by taking as few actions as possible that would create enemies in any quarter. Al home, despite

Folder, "Adenauer, Ho. Konrad. Chancellor of West Germany, 1956-57," LBJA, Famous Names, Box 1 (Item)

. Heinrich Christian an invitation by the United States Krone, Chairman of the Parliamentary Democratic - Christian Bundestag, will visit Government, Group of the Social Union in the German the United States between July 25 and September 7. I

Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 3 (III), 6/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

mean it was almost automatic that there would be a Community Action department, there would be a Job Corps division. There would be something that would handle education, congressional relations, et cetera. I don't recall at this moment any major

Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was one of the founders of ADA. Americans for Democratic Action basically was a group of people in the United States who felt that the communists were trying to take over the liberal movement, and they fought them. effect. They fought for the soul
of Americans for Democratic Action; the Democratic Farm-Labor Party; the Sino-Soviet bloc; Humphrey's good relationship with JFK; Ed Lansdale; Humphrey's relationship with LBJ; the Diem assassination; Humphrey's trips as VP to Vietnam, India and other places

Oral history transcript, Samuel Yorty, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that in the interest of the Democratic Party that he should accept it, and he just wanted us to know that before it was announced to the public. F: He wasn't really asking for a vote to go ahead or not to go ahead, but just really informational? Y: At that point he

Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 2 (II), 7/20/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

write to the President or send a wire. I no longer got the personal response, which I'd received before. M: It was that action right there that did it! F: Yes. From that point on, I received a form letter from an assistant to the assistant. M
LBJ asking for a moratorium on demonstrations; John Lewis and Farmer against moratorium; antagonism toward Farmer; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Selma March; Community Relations Division of Justice Department; CORE’s resolution regarding

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 18, January 1 - 14, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)

(including the conference) would take you to each o! the eleven countries in South Atnerica-. even if only for a few hours. Given Latin sensibilities, it ie politic not to skip any country in the southern co11tinent. Central America and the Caribbean can

Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

with him during the '50s, during the period he was majority leader. I took a good deal of interest in the Democratic party because I was a member of the Advisory Council to the National Committee. The two leaders in the Senate and the House, both

Folder, "Pepper, Claude (Senator) - Notes [1940-1943] [1 of 2]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 11 (Item)

President; I am talking about the Presi dent of the United States of America whoever he may be. I speak in the shadow of another election which will give the people of America in the democratic way-which, thank God, still a little while longer will live

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 7, June 21-30, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 8 (Item)

, Sec. 3.4 NLJ g7-l7SNARA, Date 8 -s -tg' < , Action Proposed I refer to my memorandum of April 28, 1966, in which I recommended an AID loan of .$4 million to Ecuador to assist the Government in its current financial crisis. My recommenda tion

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 79: May 25‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)

.-rncnt or Bank loan totaling $1 million a~ a sta~ter. W. VI;. Rostow /· Mer.iorandum to the IADB. from Felipe Herrera on Australia• s contribution AIDE l-ID-10IBE RE: Australia - Possible Coopero.tion with La.tin America. throueh tbe Inter

Folder, "Jamaica, Volume 1, 11/63 - 6/68 [2 of 3]," Country Files, NSF, Box 58 (Item)

INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 43 Control: 7018 Rec'd: April Action 8, 1964 7:37 p.m. ARA FROM: Kingston ACTION: Secstate Info ss G SP H DATE: April 332 8, 5 p.m. CAP EUR GOJ will issue following PR AID

Oral history transcript, Aaron E. Henry, interview 1 (I), 9/12/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that we did not retaliate with violence; that this would weaken our cause, this would weaken the support that all America was willing to give to what we were striving for. But they never said that blacks having to sit in separate waiting rooms or on backs
of 1964; Voting Rights Act of 1965; work on minimum wage; the Neshoba County deaths; Council of Federated Organizations movement; FBI opens new office in Mississippi; RFK, Hoover and LBJ told FBI to get on the job in Mississippi; Freedom Democratic Party

Oral history transcript, Omar Burleson, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

as a Congressman? B: Well, not especially at that time . Of course, he had plans of running for the Senate and was spending quite a bit of time in shaping up future actions . As a matter of fact, I had felt back from early days--and I suppose that maybe I

Oral history transcript, Howard Bertsch, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. They try to pick some Republicans who are pretty liberal- it's largely Democrats . Guess it's pretty hard to find liberal Republicans . Each year they pick out a couple--they picked [Sen . Thomas] Kuchel and [Sen. George] Aiken, and they also try to pick

Oral history transcript, William F. Knowland, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that the Americans for Democratic Action hopped on both you and Senator Johnson for not pushing the select committee to give its verdict before November, and said that you were deliberately trying to delay until after the election. Do you go along with that charge
Knowland’s career before entering the Senate in the 1940’s, his Senate career in relation to that of LBJ, his relationship with Senator Tom Connally, the relationship between Democrats and Republicans, Eisenhower’s election and his view

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 113: Jan. 1‑15, 1969 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 44 (Item)

of reserves. -- No expansion of ground action will be undertaken Laos or Cambodia. -- No attempt will be mado to deny sea import. in North Vietnam. into North Vietnam. -- No ef!ort ·will be made to break the will ot the North by an air campaign on. tho

Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1968, by William S. White (Item)

days, there was such an outpouring of Democrats. At one time that we were reduced to a handful. There weren't many Republicans for awhile. At one point we had only ninety-seven Republicans out of four hundred and thirty-five members in the House. W
Recollection and historical analysis of LBJ's House and Senate days; working relationship between LBJ, as Senate Democratic leader and Dirksen as Senate Republican leader; concept of support of Commander-in-Chief (when LBJ was President, in relation

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 86: July 1‑4, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 37 (Item)

. - Sula City ' 3:05 p. m. Leave Guatemala City 9:05 p. m. Arrive Andrews AFB . • = .-etJN.li'IDEN'fIAL Tuesday ACTION .. July Z, 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: San Salvador .Schedule achedule for the San Salvador Last night 1

Oral history transcript, Birch Bayh, interview 1 (I), 2/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh February 12, 1969 M: Let's begin by identifying you, sir. You are Senator Birch Bayh, Democrat from Indiana, and you've been in the United States Senate since 1963 and up to date. Is that correct? B: That's correct. M

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 41, September 11-14, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)

Representative to the Council of the OAS". He will have the personal rank of Ambassador. This is an in-house, State Department appointment, involving no formal _Presidential or _Congressional action. Under existing procedures for handling designations of personal

Oral history transcript, Edward J. Brenner, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

in Wisconsin, I think, an independent voter and a registered Republican, and in Louisiana I was a registered Democrat, and in New Jersey I was a registered Republican, and I was really pretty much middle-of-the-road, and, to a large extent, it depended upon how

Folder, "Right Wing Extremism," Records of the NCCPV (Eisenhower Commission), Series 11, Box 5 (Item)

- letters from DePugh, speeches by right-wing Congressmen, Ramparts article, positions taken on political issues, memorandum by Democratic Study Group ("Guerilla Warfare in Politics"), list of cross-reference, threats directed against political persons

Oral history transcript, Charles S. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that the leadership in Congress did not represent the viewpoint of the majority of the rank and file of the Democrat Party. Whether they were right or wrong about this . This does remind me of something I might put in here. In the Americans for Democratic Action I
[For interviews 1 and 2] Brief contacts with Senator Johnson during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations; Democratic Advisory Council establishment and opposition by LBJ and Sam Rayburn; Paul Butler; LBJ’s effectiveness as Senate majority

Folder, "Japan, Sato's Visit Memos and Cables, 1/11-14/65 [3 of 4]," Country Files, NSF, Box 253 [1 of 2] (Item)

" of the It joined the League new international order. of Nations and received a mandate over the Pacific Islands north of the Equator formerly held by Germany. During the 1920' s Japan made progress toward establishing a democratic system of government. However

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 2 (II), 9/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

overwhelmed legislatively by the Democrats most of the time. Of course I think that Kennedy could have been considered pretty much of an anathema to Republicans and there was very little communication between the White House and the Republican members

Folder, "Communism and the Negro Movement – A Current Analysis," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 63a (Item)

. Twofold Purpose • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • ., Action Regarded as a Marxist • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • 7
Communist Party of America

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

2 that many of the members of Congress who were criticizing Johnson for would have been afraid to move had it not been for Presidential sponsorship. I think almost all the promises of the Democratic conventions--liberal projects that had been

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 30, 15 March 1984," LBJ Library (Item)

, demonstrating what American artists thought and felt about World War II, are shown together for the first time in almost forty years. In 1943 the organization Artists for Victory, Inc. assembled a compet"tiv print exhibition entitled "America in the War

Folder, "Pepper, Claude (Senator) [1947]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 29 (Item)

that the leaders reexamine their declarations and their steps and, before it is too late , turn about to the c:mrse which will be in accord with the ancient democratic, nonimperialistic traditions of America, which

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 19, January 15 - 31, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [2 of 2] (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Paul H. Douglas and Emily Taft Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

father? D: He operated through control of the committees, and through the control of the Democratic Policy Committee, he controlled what bills should be brought up for action and how. These committees were controlled by conservative Southerners. Has

Oral history transcript, A. Phillip Randolph, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: I don't remember specifically either. R: No, I don't remember. But when President Johnson ran, you know, for election-- B: In 1964? R: In 1964, he was the first President I had ever spoken for, that I was supporting, that is,a Democrat

Folder, "Pepper, Claude (Senator) - Notes [1940-1941]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 11 (Item)

'\'ANIANS In an.other column of thl~ 1mgr appears a ··~t.ory behind the m~\vs" from a special wnshiug~on cot·re~ pcndcnt. It deal~ with the most l,lmely lopic of the moment, action fo rm ulated by lenders of U:ie Un1Ud S la tes Senate to uphold the !lands

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of all, tell us just a little bit about what brought you from Indiana and DePauw University, and so forth, right on into a life in Washington. B: Mr. Frantz, back in 1958 the Democratic party in Indiana faced a peculiar circumstance. As in many big

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 114: Jan. 16‑20, 1969," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 44 (Item)

. Jop.nson, Esq., President of the United States The \'/hi te House, Washington, D.C .. U.S.A. W.[. 1969. 4th January, of America. My dear President, It is with profound step down from the Presidency the ·fact that you will regret that you

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